Back in October, James and I hosted The Riley Brothers' Halloween Housewarming and Paul Riley CD Release Party. It was a fun event. During the night, I played a few songs from Winter Sketchbook. To close my performance, I did a version of "Experimental Collaboration" with everyone present. Each person had his or her own instrument, mostly from my stock of instruments, and together we created a song. In the spirit of The Compass, a place that loves collaboration and creativity, I would like to share it with you now.
If you want to know the lyrics, you can read below. I was able to decipher most of the words except for one line. If you think you've figured it out, let me know. It would just be nice to know it.
Experimental Collaboration #2
What a great party this is, hanging out with people playing instruments.
When it comes to improvising, I can think of two lines at a time. And then I gotta pause - oh wait, I guess I don't. I'm just gonna keep singing every note.
If you want, come up closer to the microphones. Uh, Bandit, cause that's not your real name. And The Doctor, ‘cause those are wind instruments and you might not be able to be heard. But that's okay, we're gonna keep playing for another 15 minutes. You can blame Lester because we have a quota to fill ?
Just a few more measures. This is sounding better than Nicki Minaj, and Britney Spears, and Taylor Swift and Sonny Bono and Cher.
But not better than the fifteen people assembled here at this party tonight.
-Paul
